Anatomy of Melancholy, The

American  

noun

1. a philosophical treatise (1621) by Robert Burton.

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Example Sentences

When I wasn’t writing, I could usually be found wandering the pages of Robert Burton’s The Anatomy of Melancholy, the 17th-century tome that I likened to a proto-DSM-IV.

From The New Yorker

The book, in my opinion, most useful to a man who wishes to acquire the reputation of being well read, with the least trouble, is "Burton's Anatomy of Melancholy," the most amusing and instructive medley of quotations and classical anecdotes I ever perused.

From Project Gutenberg